International Tribunal Sentences Serugendo to Six Years For Genocide

June 4, 2006

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has sentenced Joseph Serugendo, who formerly worked for Radio Television Libre des Milles Collines, to six years in prison for inciting genocide. According to an ICTR press release, “Serugendo admitted to having provided technical assistance and moral support to the RTLM in order to ensure its ability to continuously disseminate an anti-Tutsi message both prior to and during the genocide. He further acknowledged having used his influence within the MRND and Interahamwe to incite others to kill or cause serious harm to members of the Tutsi population, with the aim of destroying the Tutsi ethnic group.”